SERVSAFE PATHOGENS EXAM REVIEWS WITH ANSWERS.

SERVSAFE PATHOGENS EXAM
REVIEWS WITH ANSWERS.
Hepatitis A - Answers-Virus: Hepatitis A

Food Source: Ready to eat food (contaminated by staff) and shellfish from
contaminated water (sewage- passed by fecal contamination)

Symptoms: fever, jaundice (appearing later), weakness, nausea, abdominal
pain/cramps

Main Prevention: Personal Hygiene
Other Prevention: reputable suppliers

Norovirus gastroenteritis - Answers-Virus: Norovirus

Food Source: Ready to eat food (contaminated by staff) and shellfish from
contaminated water (sewage- fecal contamination).

Most common symptoms: Vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain/cramps

Main Prevention: Personal Hygiene
Other Prevention: Reputable suppliers

Shigellosis - Answers-Bacteria: Shigella spp.

Sources: food contaminated by hands (especially TCS- ex special salads) and produce
watered with contaminated water

Symptoms: bloody diarrhea, stomach pain/cramps, fever (sometimes)

Main Prevention: Personal Hygiene
Other Prevention: Fly control, TCS, reputable suppliers

Staphylococcal gastroenteritis - Answers-Bacteria- Staphylococcus aureus.

Sources: Food service staff (cuts, hair, nose, throat)

Symptoms: Nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps

Main Prevention: Personal Hygiene
Other Prevention: TCS, (prevention only- freezing/heat CANNOT kill)

Bacillus cereus gastroenteritis - Answers-Bacteria: Bacillus cereus (forms 2 types of
spores that cause illness)